Tire-protector.



i. CRISE. TIRE PRoTEoToR.'

APPLIGA'IOS FILED NOV. 15 ,`l906.

PATBNTBD AUG. 11, 1908.

- ,ITED STATES 'F.-iTEnfr oliriiioii.A

' Louisieiusic, or Urrnn SANDUSKY, oigiio,- .issioxoii or oNEnALF 'ro CHARLES F. CLOSE,

' M .orirerizn SANDUSKY, onio.

l 'rms-PROTECTOR,

Specification of Lettera Patent.

etented Aug. 11, 190s.

Application med November is, 190s. .semina 343,616.

To all whom 'it may concer-n:

Beit known that I, Louis CRISE, a citizen of the United States', residing at Upper Sarfdusky, in the county of Wyand tand Stat-e of Ohio, have invented a new an( useful Tire- Protector, of which the following is'a specification.

i This invention relates to tires for vehicles, and more particularly to means for preventing the puncturiiig of pneumatic tires.

The primary object is to provide a novel and simple structure that canY be associated vwith practically any well known form of tire,

, will permit the yielding action thereof, and

' to said rim, is a suitable pneumatic tire body 5, which inav be of any well known or de: sired constriiition. A metallic. casing is einployed comprising sections 6 that are opposit-ely flared and embrace the outer portion of the tire 5. Their inner edges 7 terminate short of the felly 4 so as to permit the necessar expansion and compression of the tire bo(v y. These sections 6 furthermore are provided wi th spaced outstanding flanges 7', the

outer margins of which are oppositellv flared, as shown at 8. A. tread element 9 -is eniployed that has an outer enlarged portion located outside the flanges, and has its inner portion interposed between the flared insrffins S thereof, the said tread element flirt iermore having a narrow portion 10 that tits between the flanges and bears against the outer side of the tire body 5; Fasteners, in the form of bolts 11 or other suitable devices, pass through the flanges7"and through the narrowerportion 10 of the tread element that is located between said'fianges. The tread element is formed of rubber o1'` other suitable yielding material.'

It will be 'evident that this structure is readily applicable to a tire, and when in place E5 thereon, is secured against accidental detach- A nient,4 constituting a protecting shoe that will prevent cuts and pu'ncturcs to the tire body. At the saine time, the s acing of the casing frein the folly permits' t ic necessary 60 compression and expansion of the tire body, as will"be evident..

Fronritlie foregoing, itis thought that theconstriiction, operation, and many advantages of'\t l`1e herein described invention will 65 be a parent to those skilled in the art, with-l i out urther description, and it will be understood that v trious changes in the size, shape, proportion, aniliuninor details of construc- .tion, may be resoi-tcd to without departing 70' frointhe s )irit or. sacrificing any of the 'advantages ol the invention. p

Having thus fulljllcscribed my invention, what I claim as new,"und desire to secure by l. In a tire, the combination with a wheel riin, of n pneumatic' tube open at its inner side only and having the said inner side secured to the wheel rim, clam ing plates fit ted against the outer iortion of t io tube and par- S0 tinlly encircling the saine, said )lates liiiving outstanding flanges, a solid cushion ofyielding material fitted between the lates and bearing against the outer sidoogthe tube,- siiid cushion projecting bevond the flanges, and nieans for connecting the plates together and clamping the cushion between thein, said plates and cushion loeinfr removable from the tube without afl'ecting tlieengagenient of the latter with the riin. 90

2. In a tire, the combination with a wheeL rini and abody tube locatedtlrereon, ofe mes tallic casing com rising sections located on` opposite sides o and bearing ,against the outer face of the body tube, said sections tei'- 95 ininating short of its inner side and short of the. wheel rim, said sections having outstanding fl es outside the body tube, a yielding tread e ement having en enlarged portion outside the anges, and a narrowerportion 10Q Letters Patent, iszg 75 g f 895,437 I intnrpr-Sml bot-woon the flanges, said nar-l In testmonyhatIclom the foregoinga@ 11m-r ponan hema separate from, but bear- 1 my own, I have hereto afxed my slgnatu e :ng n mnt the 011101' fave of the body tube, l 111 the presence. of Lwo wltnesses. jg 'und l'ustcnmg lvvmcs for the s-ctlons and LOUIS CRISE. A5 trom! viennent pass-mg through :he flanges Wltnesses: g .fmfl .the narrower portlon of the tread ele- C. D. HARE, mont thans locatml bet-Ween them. l F. W. PETERS. L

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